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Oct. 7,1930. H. N. FELEY I 1,777,640

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Filed Nov. 8, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l A 5 a? 5 4 l? i? \V 6 7 lNl/E/VTUR73 Henry N F/ey H/J A TTOR/VEY H. N. FELEY BOOK Filed NOV. 8, 1926 2Sheets-Sheet 2 lIVI/ENTUR Her/1" N lE/ey H15 4 TTORNEY Patented Oct. 7,1930 .HENRY 1v. FELEY, or nnsr ORANGE, NEW, JERSEY' I p l BOOKApplication filed. November 8, 1926'. Serial no. 147,052.

The object of the invention is as provide an improved flat-openingcheck-book, or

other book, constructed in an advantageous; manner so that the book willlie open at any point. It is a serious inconvenience of ordif narycheck-books that they must be held open in order to keep the stubs fromspringing over onto the page to be written upon. Ac-

cording to the present invention the book is bound by means of shaftmembers. passed through openings in the sheets and cover and providedwith upset heads outside thecover, and spacer means on the shafts insidethe cover, the spacer means being adapted to I bear against the innersides of the cover and keep the sheets free, thatis'to say, not tightlyheld or gripped, This, together with the fact that the openings throughthe separate sheets are materially larger than the diameter of the partsstanding within them, permits the leaves to separate loosely at anypoint where the'book is opened. Other features of the invention willbecome apparent as the specification proceeds. In the accompanyingdrawings, forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the book embodying the invention, a portion ofthe cover being broken away; V.

Fig.2 is a longitudinal section through the book, open, the end portionsbeing broken away because of lack of space;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on a larger scale, showing theclosed condition, Fig. 4 is a plan View showing the collection of sheetswith the removable filler plate in position, prior to upsetting thesleeves which loosely confine the sheets of the book; Fig. 5 is asectional view on line 55 of Fig. 4; L

Fig. 6 is a plan View of the collection of sheets showing the removablefiller plate in position and the upper ends of the sleeves upset; Fig. 7is a sectional view on line 77 of Fig. 6; and

Fig. 8 is a sectional view of the collection of sheets after the fillerplate has been removed.

I 5 The still-board cover of the book is marked 1 stitching, staples orgum.

*flanges. The amounbof freedom for the 2, the hinges of the frontandback parts of the cover are marked 3, and the binding strip. of thecover is markedt. The interior pad consists of separateleaves 5, notunited by Two large holes 6 are'm ade through the rear portion of thecollection ofleaves, and corresponchng holes 7 are made 111 the cover.

be madeat the same time.- l l l Figs. 4 'to 8 illustratethe'meth'odofbinding the collection of sheets or pad 5. Sleeves 8 having preformedflanges 9 are passed The holes in both'theleaves andcover may throughthe holes 6 in the collection of sheets,

the ends of the sleeves extending beyond the collection of sheets asshown in Figs-4 and 5. A plate 10, termed afiller plate, is placed ontop of the collection of sheets. This filler platelO has a series ofopen ended slots 11 therein and the extended ends of the sleeves 8 passthrough a pair of these slots. plurality of slots ll are indicated so asto provide for diiferent distances between the holes 6. Theextendedendsof the sleeves 8 are then upset by suitable dies so as toform flanges 5 12. Thefiller plate 10 is then removed and the bound pad,as shown in Fig. 8, isready for insertion in the binder. Attention iscalled to the fact that after the filler plate has been-removed thedistance between the flanges 9 and 12 is greater than the thickness ofthe collection of sheets, or, at least, the leaves are only loosely heldbetween the sheets may be readily controlled by varying the thickness ofthe filler plate.

A tubular-shaft13 having a flange 14 is then inserted through each ofthe holes in one of the parts of the cover, the flange 14 being on theoutside of the cover. The sleeves 8 and their collection of sheets 5 arethen passed over the shafts 13, the flanges 9 bearing against the insideof the cover. The openings 7 of the other cover member are then passedover the shafts 13, this cover member resting. on the flanges 12. Awasher 15 is placed over the end of each shaft outside the cover and theends 16 are upset, forming retaining heads. The flanges 14 forming theheads at the opposite side of the book are preferably shaped underpressure in the dies asshown in Fig. 3. Y

It will be observed that the spacer means formed by the sleeves 8, theflanges 9, 12 of which bear against inner sides of the cover is sodesigned, and of such length, that the pressure exerted in clinching andupsetting the binder fastenings does not result in the leaves 5 beinggripped or compressed at the binding. Instead they remain quite loosebetween the parts ofthe cover, which are held away from the leaves bythe flanges 9 and 12. As previously stated the leaves are only looselyheld between the flanges. Furthermore, it will be seen that the holesf6through the leaves are materially wider than the we ternal diameter ofthe sleeves 8 within them.

Consequently, when the book is opened at any ipoint, the two sectionsofthe collection of passed through the perforations in the cov- 'ers andthrough the sleeve binding the sheets.

leaves part freely as shown in Fig. 2, andthere is no tendency-tor oneside to flop over on the other. r

Further contributing tothis effect, the individual sheets are providedwith creases 17,

parallel with the binding, adjacent and in front of the holes 6, thesecreases tending to destroy the springiness of the paper at the regionswhere the leaves curve over the bends of the cover at the hinges 6,withoutseriously injuring the strength of the fiber.

In the completed book the covers are tightly gripped between the ends ofthe shafts and the flanges on the spacer sleeves while the leaves remainloose between the flanges on the spacer sleeves.

I claim: Y

The herein described method of making a book having covers and a seriesof sheets, consisting in first binding the sheets as a unit by passing asleeve headed at one end through the openings-in the sheets, applying adistance piece over the non-headed end of the sleeve immediately beyondthe sheets, heading the sleeve beyond the distance piece, withdrawingthe distance piece to permit play of the sheets on the sleeve, andsecuring the bound sheets between the covers by a shaft In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature,

' HENRY N. FELEY.

